This acclaimed 2001 debut album of jazzy pop launched the career of America’s largest-selling jazz instrumental artist, whose most recent release, Impressions, became his fourth #1 album on Billboard’s jazz charts—and fourth on Billboard’s overall top 40. Recorded on the heels of a two-year tour with Sting, Night Sessions features Botti’s haunting, moody trumpet on ten melodic originals as well as the ex-Policeman’s Brazilian-flavored “All Would Envy” (with vocals by Shawn Colvin) and a stellar collaboration with Blue Nile on “Easter Parade.” Other highlights include “Streets Ahead,” “Through an Open Window,” “Light the Stars,” “You Move Me,” and “Blue Horizon.”

"It's not surprising that there's a recognisable Sting feel here. 'Lisa' and 'Miami Overnight' have a funky backbeat reminiscent of the ex-Police man, with Chris's simple melodies and ethereal tone hovering over the top. Both have catchy but repetitive melodic lines and, like all of the tracks, they're subject to Kipper's mellifluous production…. Velveteen jazz, beautifully packaged."—BBC Music

"He sounds like a musician unwinding, drawn to one languid melody after another…. The album often finds Botti blowing soft, muted lines over slowly undulating rhythms…. [He] favors the spacious and spell-inducing aspects of Miles Davis and Chet Baker."—Washington Post